Dictionary of Artists' Models

The first reference work devoted to their lives and roles, this book provides information on some 200 artists' models from the Renaissance to the present day. Most entries are illustrated and consist of a brief biography, selected works in which the model appears (with location), a list of further reading. This will prove an invaluable reference work for art historians, librarians, museum and gallery curators, as well as students and researchers. Entries include: A View From the Platform; Adams, Charlotte; Annah; Bellows, Emma; Bodies of Work: Models as Artists; Boursin, Marthe; Cadamour; Changing Tastes: Ethnicity and the Artist's Model; Claudel, Camille; Danby, Sarah; Durer, Agnes; Franklin, Maud; Gerard, Marguerite; Gilchristand, Connie; Grosse, Doris Dodo; Holz, Gertrude; Keomi; Krohg, Luey; Luce, Julie; Manet, Eugene; Matisse, Amelie; de Noailles, Anna; Ozy, Alice; Prieur, Simone; Roulin, Joseph-Etienne; Spartali, Marie; The Model in 19th-Century French Literature; Vleughels , Nicolas; Wellsley, Leslie; Yhap, Laetitia; Zambaco, Maria.